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Residential Architectural Designers UK with Planning Expertise

We are residential architectural designers in the UK, specialising in home extensions, conversions, and planning-led design solutions for homeowners.

Most residential projects fail due to:

  • Poor planning advice
  • Non-compliant designs
  • Unrealistic budgets

Our strength lies in planning approval expertise and building regulations compliance, ensuring your project is viable before construction begins.

Our Planning-Led Approach

As planning-led architectural designers, we ensure:

  • Designs align with local planning policy
  • Planning permission success is prioritised
  • Building regulations are integrated early
  • Homeowners receive honest, practical advice

We regularly work with local planning authorities, allowing us to anticipate challenges and avoid unnecessary delays.

Chaitanya Kuvalekar

Chaitanya Kuvalekar has a Masters in Architecture with experience in Urban design, project briefing, feasibility studies, sketch design and detailed design. He has been working with Greenway Associates since June 2015. With a degree in architecture, and over 20 years of experience, he has the following Competencies:

Sustainable Design – understanding the urban environment, and how architecture design affects whole of life.

Conservation – Enhancing and preserving both commercial and residential buildings.

CAD Drafting – creating electronic Computer Aided Design plans of relevant projects.


Design Development – to convey from sketches to technical information to the requirements of construction managers on site.

Ashwini Kuvalekar

Ashwini Kuvalekar has a Bachelors in Architecture with experience in project briefing, feasibility studies, sketch design and detailed design. She has been working with Greenway Associates since June 2015. With a degree in architecture, and over 20 years of experience, she has the following Competencies:

Photo Realism – using photo manipulation software like Photoshop to digitally enhance a buildings appearance for marketing brochures.

Sketch Design – Hand sketching both commercial and residential buildings.

CAD Drafting – creating electronic Computer Aided Design plans of relevant projects.

Design Development – to convey from sketches to technical information to the requirements of construction managers on site.

David Mesgna

David Mesgna has a Degree in Architecture and is a recent graduate. He has been working with Greenway Associates since August 2015. With a degree in architecture, and over 7 years of experience, he has the following Competencies:

Photo Realism – using photo manipulation software like Photoshop to digitally enhance a buildings appearance for marketing brochures.

3D Artistic Impressions – Using Computer Generated Imaging (CGI) to create the proposed building in the existing location before construction begins.

CAD Drafting – creating electronic Computer Aided Design plans of relevant projects.

Measured Surveys – to capture and record technical information from an existing building to present to the designers back in the office.

Victor Sam

Victor Sam has a masters degree in architecture with experience in urban design, project management, project briefing, feasibility studies, sketch design and detailed design. He has been working with Greenway Associates since June 2020, but prior to this he worked in Ghana and South Africa.

Freehand Sketches – using strong presentation skills to enhance a buildings appearance and convey the message to clients.

3D Artistic Impressions – Using Computer Generated Imaging (CGI) to create the proposed building in the existing location before construction begins.

CAD Drafting – creating electronic Computer Aided Design plans of relevant projects.

Measured Surveys – to capture and record technical information from an existing building to present to the designers back in the office.

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The Brief

Your Ideas

Design and construction projects follow clearly defined paths. When these are adhered to, we are able to manage cost, time, and quality effectively.

We encourage clients to clearly articulate their requirements through a structured series of questions that help them think through both functional and aesthetic needs. These may be simple statements about how the new space will be used, who will use it, the preferred style, or their views on sustainable design.

Once this process is complete, and after we have confirmed that the project is feasible, we prepare a clear and well-defined project brief on the client’s behalf.

The Design

Our Input

The design process begins as soon as the brief is agreed in writing. It covers concept design, design development, and technical design.

Concept design uses the agreed brief to create a series of sketches that establish the overall vision and inform an initial cost plan. Design development builds on this by defining the building’s structure and clearly articulating the layout and use of spaces. Technical design then details the specific building elements and components required for construction, allowing the project costs to be assessed with greater accuracy.

This process also includes the necessary Planning and Building Control statutory approval stages, which must be secured before construction can commence.

Approvals

Input by Others

At this stage, we provide detailed technical drawings to support contractor tender pricing and to ensure Building Control is satisfied with the level of detail required to deliver a high-quality build.

The tender process involves inviting and selecting a suitable contractor, which is not necessarily based on the lowest price, but on overall capability, experience, and value. Once a contractor is appointed, final amendments to the drawings may be made before the full construction documentation is issued, allowing work to commence on site.

Invoicing

What is the cost?

Fees are agreed during the briefing process and are typically based on a percentage of the total construction cost or an hourly time charge, although a fixed lump sum can also be agreed. The final fee may be adjusted when we are appointed from the early stages of the project through to completion of construction.

In many cases, we also supervise the construction process and monitor the contractor’s work on site to ensure that a high standard is maintained throughout. Fees are generally paid in instalments, for example prior to each submission to the relevant statutory authorities.

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